Recent Lectures
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Historian Aston Gonzalez discusses his book, "Visualizing Equality: African American Rights and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century" (2020), which studies…
2021 May 5, Aston Gonzalez, "Visualizing…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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The story of the Boston Massacre is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, most accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from…
2021 April 22, Serena Zabin, "The Boston…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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Historical geographer Garrett Dash Nelson from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library discusses representation, reality, and the…
2021 Feb. 24, Tour of “Bending…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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In this session, Lindsey Willow Smith and Veronica Cook Williamson will provide an introductory glimpse into the Clements' new online exhibit: "No, not even…
2021 February 11, "Representations Reframed:…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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A Virtual Lecture presented by the Clements Library and the Michigan Photographic Historical Society Since the nation’s founding, Americans have used images to…
2020 November 7, Allison Lange, "The…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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Dr. Richard Bell discusses his book "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home" (2019). Philadelphia, 1825: five…
2020 October 26, Richard Bell, "Stolen: Five…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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What does it mean to be a citizen of the United States? The Constitution does not define who gets to be a citizen, or what citizenship means. Rather, citizenship has…
2020 October 19, "Race, Gender & Rights:…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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Drawing on his new book Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution (which he largely researched at the Clements Library),…
2020 February 11, McCurdy, John, "Quartering…
From Isaac Burgdorf
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